New UK immigration figures show net arrivals will rise to more than 900,000 in 2023, another record high, but Brexit leader Nigel Farage says initial figures underestimate He cautions against accepting claims that immigration has declined this year because of the history of immigration.
The UK's Office for National Statistics has released new immigration figures, revising the previous year's estimates and revealing that immigration in the year to June 2023 has reached a new all-time record. The net migration figure (long-term (non-tourist) arrivals minus departures) was 906,000, an impressive figure for a country with an official population of at least 68 million people. Permanent resident.
The figures for the new year to June 2023 are a further upward revision of the already historically high figure of 672,000 published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in November 2023.
Also released today are the first estimates of arrivals for the year to July 2024, with statisticians putting the net number of arrivals at 728,000. The country has an estimated 1.2 million new arrivals, of which 1 million are UK returnees or non-European arrivals from “other countries”.
According to the ONS, Indians were the country with the highest number of arrivals in 2023-2024, reaching nearly 250,000. Of the 1 million non-British, non-Euro Area arrivals, a whopping 8 per cent enter the country 'on a regular basis' or 'occasionally', in modern terminology, on what used to be legal or illegal arrivals. I applied for asylum through what was called.
By comparing the initial estimates for 2024 with the unrevised number of migrants in 2024 and the more accurate and significantly increased number for 2023, the ONS finds that migrant arrivals appear to have decreased compared to the previous year. It could be argued that. However, Brexit leader Nigel Farage criticized this conceit in a speech on Thursday morning, apparently signaling his belief that there will come a time when the 2024 figures will also be revised upwards.
Mr Farage said he was tired of “lies” about immigration, announcing the latest departure of the UK Reform Party's 100,000th member and former Conservative cabinet minister. “This morning we got the latest immigration statistics. It's terrible. It's terrible if you want to book a GP appointment, it's terrible if you want to travel on British motorways. It's terrible if you want to travel on British motorways. It's scary if you want to get your foot on the housing ladder. It's scary in that it creates a very fragmented society and community.”
Asked about the ONS's “spin”, Mr Farage said he was incredulous, saying: “Last year's numbers increased by 230,000 people in two installments, so let's keep that in mind.” In 2023 under a Conservative government, the population will be close to 1 million. — people came to our country. This follows manifestos in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019, with the first three promising to cut the number to “tens of thousands of people a year” and the last pledging deeper cuts. ”
The ONS, for its part, appears to be trying to take this statistic both ways, on the one hand advocating a reduction in headlines, and on the other hand embedding disclaimers deep into its reports, such as: development…. Our timely forecasts for YE for June 2024 and December 2023 are also preliminary and will be updated as more recent data becomes available. ”
The Conservative Party should not be allowed to speak from the right and govern from the left, he said, pointing to other statistics released today showing the cost of providing the asylum system is rising. Mr Farage continued: “You may have noticed that the faster the population grows, the poorer the average British household becomes, but the numbers are now undeniable. Of course, Labor's case is even worse…the amount of asylum claims for one year That's up 36% to £5.38 billion, but that doesn't even include the daily costs of what's happening in the English Channel.
In the UK, the natural rate of population growth is negative, meaning more people die than are born. However, because the ratio of immigrants to population is so high, the population continues to grow at a record pace. In 2023, the UK's population is estimated to have grown by 1% in just one year.
Politicians have traditionally described mass immigration as necessary for economic growth, but this argument has faded over time as Britain experienced record immigration at the same time as economic downturn.
